picking up the pieces in the midwest where dozens of tornados caused widespread devastation, the loss of life may have been minimized thanks to early warnings about the impending storms. food and supplies are pouring in to the typhoon ravaged philippines but 12 days after the storm some areas have not received help. a blast in beirut and leave two dozen people dead. and more unusual antics from the mayor of toronto and ford goes on a rampage after the city

strips him of his powers. ♪ good morning and welcome to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie si, it's one of the worst late-season storms to hit america's heart land in decades spreading death and destruction across 12 states, in a few hours on sunday 75 tornados ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles per hour. some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois where the governor declared a state of emergency in 7 counties monday. emergency officials are still assessing the damage. they say it's still not safe to go back into the most devastated areas. 8 people were killed, 6 in illinois and two in michigan. thousands across the region are starting down the long road to recovery now and al jazeera and did has details. >> reporter: from the air the damage is easy to see, miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. on the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents

standing in front of debris where they used to live. >> it's just hard to believe. it's almost like can i wake up now? it's almost like a nightmare. >> reporter: on monday survivors of sunday's tornados and heavy storms which ravaged communities in 12 states returned to washington, illinois to scrape up what they could and figure out what is next. >> my neighbor found my daughter's journal she kept as a kid. so we will be looking for bits and pieces today. >> reporter: the five-mile wide twister that cut through washington is dozens reported in illinois slamming into dozens of communities like where an elderly brother and sitter were killed and relatives are coping with the loss of their home and that of their loved ones. >> we were planning on a thanksgiving down here and amy bought the turkey and uncle joe was going to fry a turkey down here and all looking forward to

that. >> reporter: the southern illinois city of brook port suffered its share of loss as well, 50 homes were levelled or gone entirely. and an effort all night search and rescue of three fatalities another 48 homes completely uninhabitual. >> this is the worst as far as the most homes in one area. >> reporter: the storms which left hundreds homeless and thousands still without power have sent shock waves there throughout the heart land and many are not allowed to return to homes which are deemed unsafe. >> once i got back into town and pulled in the first neighborhood i literally had no idea where i was at. the houses and street signs were gone. >> reporter: the governor pat quinn declared disaster in 7 counties and it will qualify the state for federal aid. >> it's important to begin the assessment of the damage for insurance company purposes, but definitely for any kind of

application that we make to the federal government for federal disaster relief, we must make an initial assessment. >> reporter: but until the aid arrives an overnight curfew for those in the hardest hit areas. >> it is sad, we will rebuild but i have the biggest things. sorry. which was my family. so we will take care of the rest. >> reporter: and the damage was especially severe in the central illinois city of washington, that is where andy is this morning. andy, the destruction there clearly extensive, emotions raw and families monday returning to find almost everything they have gone, what are you seeing there today? >> stephanie we are right now the damage doesn't look as bad as it could be. we see some homes still standing and see walls and roofs missing in this part of washington. it's tough because a lot of these folks in this hardest hit

area of washington have not been allowed to return to their homes. they will come back today and what they will come back to it won't be pretty at all. >> reporter: so the town i guess is still under a curfew then. >> right, everybody has to be in shelters is that is where they are staying by 6:00 p.m. and overnight curfew and ran into officers keeping people back and as i said they will start letting people to take a look around later on today and it will be closely monitored. we have not heard of reports specifically unaccounted for but that search for possibly missing people under all these homes roughly 400 homes in this area alone that were destroyed, that is continuing. >> reporter: and why aren't people allowed to return home? is that a safety issue? >> it is. and we have seen this in other tornados too where the damage is this bad and safety and people want to get in their homes and get to their stuff but there are a lot of obviously and rusty nails is what comes to the minds

most in terms of this and you have structures that are not stable that could easily fall over still and that is generally the reason why and also it's a chance to give them a less chaotic way to get in the neighbors and be monitored by police in case there are looter, you never know and makes it orderly to allow them back in at a time when everybody can be watched and settle down and check their homes out. >> got it. meanwhile i understand that a lot of people are turning to social media to deal with what is happening, can you talk a little bit about that? >> well, you know, obviously in a tornado the heavy stuff the cars and homes and piles of junk are here but so much stuff gets blown away and heard reports of mail and momentos and photo albums and photos being blown 140 miles away and people started a facebook page connecting those people with items they may have lost here. so and it's been working out quite well, the facebook pages

are reuniting people with things they need and most especially photos that seem to be so much more cherished in times like this, stephanie. >> okay, al jazeera's andy reporting from washington, illinois, thanks for the update andy. midwesterners are trying to see what they have left after the storm without power. hundreds of thousands in several states have no, electricity and 400,000 in michigan and illinois are without power and indiana and ohio have outages and could take days for them to get the lights back on across the region and we are learning about the strength of the tornados that struck the midwest and we will bring in nicole mitchell. >> what happens after a storm is they go back in and do surveys of the type of damage to help put together how strong the storm must have been to do that type of damage. the numbers were going up yesterday and the storms were

passed and yesterday at this time we had 500 storm reports, this morning we see about 600, those are all preliminary numbers, but like tornados for example now at a report of 91, they will probably consolidate as some of the multiple reports are found to be the same system but go up during the day yesterday because as people get the light of day and day afterwards more damage was being seen. this is the damage you would see and this is washington we were just talking about. you can easily see the tornados one block totally fine. the next block houses razed to the ground. when you see that with the homes completely moved off and destroyed from their foundation and sometimes vehicles being thrown that is f-4 which they preliminary have been rated out here. so here is what happens, another reason we had not loss of life, there were good warnings with this but one community was

saying everyone was at church because it was still the morning and that was not a place that was hit. this morning the recovery it's about crisp out there and i will have more on temperatures coming up, in a bit. >> nicole mitchell thank you. 12 days after typhoon haiyan hit the philippines a quarter of the survivors are not getting emergency food supplies, the world food program says blocked roads and shortages of electricity and fuel are hampering rescuers and 4,000 have died and 4 million are homeless and al jazeera harry is in tacloban tracking the relief effort. >> reporter: reconstruction is meager but it's something, the government is trying to get some street lights functioning again in tacloban and downed power lines rehung and generator installed and there are lines forming out of gas stations and the bank is due to open on thursday and a bank official told us he did not expect much demand yet for services. >> they are targeting to open.

>> reporter: inside city hall the chief is on the phone to tacloban business community in exile and many fled to manila and security concerns of the early days of the disaster. >> it's to really inspire the people and give them the signal that, hey, we are going to get backup, hey, everything is going back to normal. >> reporter: the president said the government is talking about a new priority, a push for so called normalcy, trying to persuade businesses to reopen at least on a limited scale, talking about getting cash machines installed as well. but for many people here this is now what passes for normal and doesn't look like changing any time soon. there is no prospect of a business starting at the fishing port laid waste by the storm surge and a handful of people are finding shelter even here while a few meters away the recovery workers signifies another body found. and he worked as a day laborer

for a cage owner and lost his wife and the mother of his four children and doesn't know when he will earn money again. >> translator: my boss doesn't know what to do yet and he needs to set up the cages because they were washed away. >> reporter: the effort is on to give its people something to stay here for, harry faucet, central philippines. >> and this is a key jumping off point for aid going to the airport and al jazeera's paul, that is where he is and joins us live, paul, good morning to you. so we hear that there is -- there are still places where aid is not getting there. what are you hearing where you are? >> stephanie i'm at the airport at the peninsula that is further to the pacific and this is the

town down the road we heard so much about. what we are hearing now is a bit of good news, for the first time today the u.s. military and philippine officials were telling us all the roads in this area are finally clear and of course what that means is that truck convoys can leave from the airport here in guan and reach remote areas. until now the only way was to get them was by u.s. helicopters and based on the george washington and coming up, here and picking up supplies by cargo plane and flying out to the remote areas. the helicopters that are small cannot carry as much as a truck convey. along that note today the world food program reportedly brought in ten trucks, two tons of pieces of 20 tons of feed and are staging that in guan at the new u.n. head quarters and valorie amos visited there today and she was here to pay a visit

and see the new command center and assert the fact that the u.n. is now taking control more and more of the relief effort and the u.s. military what they tell us is that look to hand it off to u.s. aid and u.n. as time moves forward. >> reporter: valorie saying was they were too slow, is there a sense that the activities at the airport and supply distribution is more efficient and more organized? >> i think that's fair to say. you can certainly see here that things are operating at full capacity again today here at the airport, flights going in and out constantly, the u.s. military officials here saying they are not bothering to keep count, there are so many flights going in and out and constant stream of aid coming through the airport being staged and loaded on mostly to philippine army trucks and taken out to the remote areas. but you can't over state how i'm

it is that the roads are clear because it will make the difference with the truck convoys and bringing in the large capacity that the amount of aid that is needed to some of these areas and now the big concern is restoring power, restoring clean water and restoring sanitation because of course as time goes forward disease is going to be a big concern. >> reporter: we will talk about that a little bit later in the show. al jazeera's paul is reporting from the airport in gewan and paul thank you. dozens of typhoon survivors marched through tacloban today from the areas of the two main evacuation centers, the astro dome and sang to boost spirits in the city. >> this is psycho social therapy where you listen to the victim of disaster but you also make them believe that they can actually heal themselves. >> reporter: some survivors are building shelters or repairing their homes, stores and gas stations are starting to reopen.

at least 23 people are confirmed dead after an explosion today near the iranian embassy in beirut including iran culture abraham sorry and is safe and the blast set cars on fire and damaged buildings the embassy compound and at least 146 people were injured in the attack, lebanon's news agency reports that the first blast was caused by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle and the second more powerful explosion was a suicide car bombing and al jazeera rob reynolds has more. >> the explosions were so powerful they turned cars into twisted piles of metal, tore the facade off buildings and gouged craters in the street outside of the iran embassy and smoke rose from burning vehicles and firefighters rushes to the scene trying to douse flames and help wounded. >> translator: the ministry put

the nearby hospitals at full preparedness, all the injured have been rushed to hospitals and dead bodies recovered from the road. we are also inspecting the surrounding buildings and the damage is huge. the number of victims is relatively high and we will disclose the actual number once the total damage is assessed. >> reporter: there are conflicting reports about the source of the blasts with some saying they were caused by rockets, others by car bombs and al jazeera zana reported from the scene. >> this country is divided, those who support the syrian regime and those oppose and clearly the explosion outside the iranian embassy is a message that the iranian embassy is the target. >> reporter: the carnage in a residential neighborhood is the latest spill over from syria civil war and iran is a major backer of bashir al-asaid and the melitia who sent fighters

trying to over throw them and they are considered a hezbollah stronghold and no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks and rob reynolds al jazeera. >> reporter: the ambassador of iran to lebanon is blaming israel for the attack and as rob reported no one has yet claimed responsibility. cairo's square the scene of a large demonstration and are angry about a new government memorial for slain activists and they say it's a symbol of the military government trying to claim ownership of a spot where hundreds of egyptians were killed by security forces. egyptians today are marking the second anniversary of huge protests in the square against the military. a major health scare at one of the nation's campuss and prinston has meningitis and is offering a vaccine not approved in the u.s. and we have more on

this unprecedented effort by princeton. >> this is the first meningitis out break in the world since the vaccine against the specific strain was approved abroad and it's currently in the approved process in the u.s. university officials did not want to wait and on monday they said cdc is behind a plan to offer the unapproved vaccine to try to contain the highly contagious disease. >> reporter: they are not taking chances with the spread of meningitis b on campus, and moving forward with the plan to bring in a non-fda approved vaccine to keep the students and staff safe. >> the vaccine is expected to be provided to all princeton under garages and all graduate students living in dormitorys and individuals with a specific condition. >> reporter: six students and one visitor have been diagnosed since march, the most resent case just last week. >> meningitis b in young adults

in the united states is unusual and this is a distinctive circumstance. >> reporter: the c.d.c. is taking the unprecedented step of importing bexaro and licensed in europe since january and australia since august but not approved by the fda in the united states. that fact has some students concerned. >> and not approved in the united states is a pretty big deal so i would not rush into it. >> reporter: others are relieved to have something that could protect them especially when a quarter of the population can carry and spread the disease without showing symptoms. >> i feel kind of worried to be honest since friday when i heard about it so i think i would get it. >> reporter: it is spread through close personal contact like coughing, kissing and sharing cups and symptoms vary from a high fever tore a stick neck to light sensitivity and it's highly contagious and can be deadly in just two days which is why some students are not taking any chances either and will be getting the vaccine. >> 2-3 hours where you need to

be diagnosed after you start presenting like more severe symptoms so that has gotten me more worried. >> reporter: the vaccine will be free for staff and students and paid for by the university. it is totally voluntary. officials say the vaccine is most effective in two doses and the first round is be made in early december and the second round will come in february. >> i know meningitis b can be deadly, how are the students that did get it, how are they doing? >> we were talking about 7 people total, six students, one visitor and so for university officials are saying the folks are fully recovering. >> and thank you. a gunman on the loose has paris on edge, a suspected shooter caught on camera is now the target of a nationwide manhunt. t o -- toronto mayor and what prompted mayor ford's latest outbursts. ♪

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straight ahead a gunman on the loose in the city of light, police in paris releasing new video they hope will catch the shooter and these are temperatures across the nation and metrologist nicole mitchell is back, good morning. >> the same storm system that caused the tornados brought a cold front with it and potent one and through the northeast and temperatures are dropping a little and the highs will drop for today and the core of the cold air is through the midwest. and so some temperatures like minneapolis at 24, this is not too bad relatively because by the weekend it's going to kind of the bottom will drop out of this but in some of the relief areas a lot of temperatures in the 20s this morning, going up into the 40s this afternoon as they do that tornado recovery so something to plan on dressing for that. the warm section and warm air building in the west and denver will be in the 60s today, i will talk about the western storm coming up, in a little bit. >> reporter: security is tight at media out let's across france

after shootings at a newspaper office and a bank and days after another shooting at a tv station as al jazeera's paul brennan reports police believe the cases are related. >> the first images of the man every police officer in paris is now hunting. this was last friday. at the offices of the 24 hour news the channel bear fm-tv and an elderly man going up stairs he pulled out a shotgun type weapon out of a sports bag and points it out two people standing at the desk and for some reason he was unable to shoot and quickly fled the building. fast forward to monday. the gunman has lost his inhibition. at the office of a newspaper 10:15 a.m. he walked into reception and opened fire at a young photographer and wounding

him in the chest and they say it's overwhelming. >> translator: two-12 caliber bullets have been found and it's important to highlight the tv incident of november 15 we also found 12 caliber ammunitions and further analysis is underway. >> reporter: the gunman was again able to evade police appearing an hour and a half later across town at the offices of a bank. this time he simply opened fire on the building's exterior, no one was hurt. this time despite police helicopters and checked points the attacker fled and taking a motorist hostage and told him to drop him off and there he melted into the crowds. the police in paris are facing difficult questions about the speed and effectiveness of their response to monday's events and also whether they could have

done more after friday's threatening incidents at the fm-temperature v and french media out lets have increased security. >> translator: taking measures and a patrol in fronts of all media out lets and as long as this person is on the lose and we don't know the motives this represents a threat and this protection asked for by media outlet's is proving to be vital. >> reporter: police issued more cc-tv pictures and anyone who might recognize the gunman to come forward. but for the moment a major alert is ongoing. paul brennan, al jazeera, paris. >> reporter: the 27-year-old photographer was at his first day of work at the newspaper and in intensive care at a paris hospital. more trouble for the mayor of toronto as they threatened to

strip rob ford of his powers. ford was caught on camera during the vote yawning and making gestures and also nearly knocked over this woman as he rushed to help his brother on the sideline. >> i apologize to anyone that i accidentally hit when my brother was in an altercation over there, i apologize. >> apologize to counselor. >> absolutely, it was a complete accident and i do sincere apologize to you mcconnell. >> he admitted to smoking crack cocaine, buying narcotics and driving drunk but says he will not step down and says he is the victim of a conspiracy. the science behind tornados. we will go inside a top storm center to see what they are learning about a twister's incredible power. >> and the power of the tides but is the quest for green energy threatening wildlife 180 feet down? i'm allen and that story is

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>> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. ♪ welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie si, cleaning up damage in the midwest and tornados ripped across 12 states and killing 8 and injuring dozens and hundreds of thousands in the region are still without power and central illinois was the hardest hit and pat quinn the governor declared emergencies in 7 counties and tornados can't be stopped by research is trying to save lives

and one approach designing smarter buildings to limit casualties and kevin has the story. >> it's been a deadly tornado season in the united states. scores killed and towns ripped to pieces. tornados can't be prevented but can be studied and at texas tech university scientists are doing that. this is the world's largest tornado simulator and 8 fans at the top draw in air and 64 precisely positioned at the bottom direct the flow and it's a miniature tornado and tests buildings and storm shelters to make them more tornado resistant. the vortek is only a portion as powerful but they can understand the forces of nature and in lubbock, texas and in 1970 a

massive tornado struck sections of downtown and killing 26 people and injuring more than 250. scientific study may some day help minimize that kind of destruction. >> we have several objectives in this project and the primary one is to help protect people's lives and secondarily protect property. with testing models of buildings, we can get a better idea of what the forces are on those structures, so we can maybe get an idea of how the winds destroy them and with that knowledge in mind we can develop better designs that will better protect people. >> reporter: they are also testing designs for shelters to see which materials will withstand the impact of tornado-driven debris and due to budget battles in washington funding for scientific research has been cut including money for the wind institute and its research. as a result scientists fear they may have to slow down or put a hold on projects that could one day save lives, kevin with al

jazeera. >> reporter: despite the rash of twisters the national data center says tornado activity this year was actually below average. 12 days after typhoon haiyan hit the hit the philippines and supplies is critical on the leyte island and suffered the most deaths in the storm and veronica takes us there. >> this district saw the highest number of deaths of all the districts in the municipality. it's been transformed to a waste land from what was a bustling sea side town, rather well off. there were big cement houses for middle class families but it's all been laid to waste. this area used to be a bustling neighborhood shop. this exact spot. the people who own it came by a few hours ago trying to salvage

their air conditioner which they think they can get working again but they were furious because they say they can hear the helicopters going overhead all the time and hear the politicians speaking but have not received any aid at all. they say that it's taking too long to get to them. but that gives you a sense in a way of the scale and intensity of the devastation, united nations figures say 2 1/2 million people need to be fed, 13 million people have been effected across 9 provinces, this used to be a happy place, it would be popular during the weekends and people would come to the beach you are looking at now and rents a beach hut for a couple of hours but now it's a grave site. >> reporter: al jazeera reporting, since the storm hit more than 1500 emergency shelters have been set up in the philippines, more than 82000 families are staying in those

shelters. the government says rescue workers are searching for more than 1600 people who are listed as missing and joining us on the phone with relief efforts on the philippines is kate, emergency response manager at amercare, a nonprofit disaster relief organization and joins us on the phone in manila and thank you for being with us and it's a week since it hit and what is the latest on relief efforts for your organization? >> great to be with you, a global health and disaster response organization that responded to every major disaster for 30 years and working here in the philippine for just about that amount of time and we have 150 health sites across the country. so in this initial phase of the response we are focusing our efforts on meeting the health needs and restoring access to primary health services. over the past couple days in the area of guan on the eastern side

of samar where the storm made landfall our team has sent medicines and supplies with teams of doctors who are assisting critical needs, some of the things that we are seeing very often are need for wound care, accuse respiratory infection, fever and other really urgent needs and we are also looking at supporting communities who are receiving those who are receiving -- in need of aid. so we are working with one of the air bay hops and supporting them as they treat incoming evacuees. >> what are the greatest challenges for your organization right now on the ground? >> continuously difficult item in time and particularly with fuel shortages that continue to happen. so one of the things that we just saw yesterday was a three kilometer line of aid that is at

the port heading to samar, luckily the line has been cut from what we saw a couple days ago, that was a six kilometer cue of aid and one of the ways we are looking to trouble shoot this is we have been able to send truck loads that have been able to reach some of the most devastated areas. >> reporter: okay, kate is in manila and emergency response manager for the organization amercare, and thank you and good luck to you. officials in the philippines say they will divide up typhoon ravaged areas between countries in an effort to maximize relief efforts. the plan is to divide that region into blocks with the british navy concentrating on the western area, the u.s. is in samar and lata and israeli relief teams will take the northern tip of saboo. a deal on american military presence in afghanistan is in jeopardy and are refusing to

budge on one point that american troops retain the right to enter afghan homes. al jazeera's jane ferguson is live from kabul in afghanistan, jane, good morning to you. so what are some of the other contentious issues surrounding this agreement? >> good morning stephanie. this agreement has been contentious from day one, over a year of negotiations between washington and kabul have not yet come to a final signing of this agreement. now the news broke late last night, early this morning that afghan president hamid karzai as you said has come out and said that the american troops, if they stay, will not be allowed to tirade afghan villages or homes in themselves and should provide the intelligence to the afghan security forces and they would do the job. this is of course an issue of sovereignty and issue of cultural sensitivities and an issue that has always been sensitive to the afghan president himself, hamid karzai criticized some of the night

raids that have gone on here over the past 12 years repeatedly and what is controversial in the agreement is the issue of legality surrounding the u.s. troops. they would effectively have to be immune from afghan local law as they have been for the last 12 years and if they were found to have broken the law they would be tried under american law in american courts and that has been a controversial point. on top of that there is an issue of how many american forces would be allowed to stay and how many of them and on what bases around the country and all of these points on the security agreement are still to be agreed upon. however, a source in the presidential palace has told al jazeera that many of the other points that i've just mentioned have been largely agreed upon between kabul and washington and the final point to do went -- wi entering homes and in 48 hours a

draft of the agreement is due to go to the lawyer here in kabul to see if 2 1/2 thousand representatives from across the country will give it agreement and back this agreement themselves. >> reporter: so much to sort out in 48 hours, al jazeera's jane ferguson reporting to us from kabul and thank you. a pennsylvania minister found guilty of conducting a same sex marriage, reverend frank schaffer performed his son's wedding six years ago in massachusetts and no criminal charges but he could lose his religious credentials and schaffer is due in court this morning when a jury will decide his penalty. >> obviously very saddened so what we are hoping for tomorrow is a light sentence. >> reporter: schaffer could have avoided the trial by agreeing to performing same sex marriages in the future but he reportedly declined, three of his four children are gay. here is what is making business news this morning. we have been hearing about it

for weeks and appears jp morgan and government reached a settlement, the $13 billion deal could be announced as early as today and put to rest investigations targeting mortgage invest ms th went bad during the financial crisis and $4 billion will go to distressed homeowners and resolve the banks in california and north carolina. the s&p within reach of milestones and the dow had 16,000 for the first time and s&p 500 briefly passed 1800 and both retreated by day's end, this is this morning, the dow jones industrial average at an all-time high of 5976, s&p 1791. taking cue from the action in the u.s. and stocks lower in early trading. and in asia markets ended lower

and tokyo lost a quarter percent. later this morning we will find out how much money best buy made last quarter and are bullish on the electronic chain and the stock tripled this year and says the demand will keep powering the company. >> consumers continue to find electronic-type purchases almost essential in their lives especially heading to the holiday season. tablets and smartphones and even the new smart watches will bowed well in the months of november and december. >> reporter: and this just in home depot having a rise in profits last quarter and the housing recovery giving a lift and made a billion and a half dollars. electric cars prompted government investigation and fires broke out in the batteries of two cars after striking road debris and though one hurt and it effects more than 13,000 sold in the u.s. but there is no recall yet.

john henry smith is here with a look at this morning's sports and a wild and controversial finish in monday night football. >> nfl schedule came out patriots versus pats did not seem like a competitive match up and it turns out the best monday night match up so far in the season and great quarterback and tom brady versus cam newton and half time and patriots had a grog and carrying the world on his back like atlas in the end zone for 9 year score and tied attend, later third quarter newton tight end and from the u. touch down and greg and panthers 17-10 and steven had been bunched for fumbling and holding on for six and game time and two minutes to play and newton 83 yard drive with tds to to ted junior and the only catch of the night and carolina up late. last play of the game, very controversial, brady in the end

zone for rob and it's picked off by robert lester but look behind you, flag for interference and after crewing it over they said the pass was uncatchable and waved off the penalty and they figure you need more hugs in the world. tom brady not feeling the love and not giving any to the ref and panthers win 24-20. >> i didn't see the play either and i don't know whether it's a good or bad call but we have plenty of chances and no excuses and we could have done a better job and we play good on the road and need to play for 60 minutes and we played okay. and shot ourselves in the foot too many times. >> reporter: before the dolphins scandal there was rutgers and 7 months ago they fired the coach for abusing and threatening the players and it's the same scandal and different

sport and says team defensive coordinator used vulgar female insults towards him and threatened to head but him and says the actions led him to quit the team and his parents say they want the school to honor their son's scholarship and facilitate his transfer to another school for his football career and the teammates do not believe there is a problem within the program. >> he handles it the way he felt necessary and left. after he left i met with him and talked to him and told him i wish him the best on what he does, he is a great kid with a good heart and when it goes to people like that you wish him the best. >> do you believe he was bullied? >> not at all. >> we are moving past this because we understand as a program that this doesn't happen. we don't have bullying in our program and not in the basketball program, this is football program and we don't do that. the coaches coach and the players play, that is it. there is obviously talking to and yelling but there is no bullying aspect to any of what is going on here.

>> reporter: and to the nba the nets were supposed to be the eastern conference, one of the chief contenders, instead they have the worst team in the conference, you want big names and joe johnson after 3 and kevin garnet at 4 and all 6 of the shots in first quarter and 2-13 the rest of the way and shaun livingston with injured darin and zoink and goes clockwise with a fancy scoop and finished with 19 points, first possession of the fourth quarter and thomas robins will eventually score, trust me, portly won and half game out of the best record in the nba, that is a look at sports and stephanie back to you. >> it's early in the season he may come back and thank you. they are the superstars of the growing whale watching industries, killer wales or

orcas and it could be a threat to their health and we have the story. >> and eagles, seals. >> reporter: shane is running wildlife boat tours for two decades and orcas or black fish as they are sometimes called are a big tourist draw in the waters, in the sea. but he sees a new threat to the orcas and the salmon the main diet to the species. >> if we have no fish we have no black fish. >> reporter: she worried about two huge turbines 40 feet and spin with tides 200 feet down and it's a $20 million testing tide energy. >> do you want it around big feeders. >> the project could not harm fish or marine mammals and done

work to substantiate that. >> reporter: he hopes to have the project which is in the works for six years fully licensed by the federal energy regulatory commission within months. an extensive environmental review found no threat to wildlife but the project is still opposed by four native american tribes with fishing rights in the area and by a company that owns under water data cables near the site. >> you really will gather actual data to inform the questions by doing something and getting out there in the water and seeing how things work. >> reporter: professor brian is designing the cameras and instrument package for what he sees as an under water laboratory. >> learn about technology and how marine animals act and how the fish use the areas that are under studied. >> reporter: and people who work the waters say an experiment with the animals and this technology together could be a mistake. they are not against trying to tap tidal energy and say this is

the right kind of project but in the wrong place. this is the site, admiralty inlet for shipping traffic and marine animals it's the main entrance here. and conservationist are defending orcas and defending against natural allies. >> we are kind of swimming upstream because this is green energy and something we support and love green energy. >> reporter: energy could spin up from the bottom orcas or no orcas by the summer of 2015. >> reporter: the project is on track to receive a $10 million grant from the department of energy and some funds will be used for more research and maven is going to mars and what they hope it will find when it gets there and the world of the year is what cell phones set and hundreds have done it including the president and the pope. a new system in the west could cause tricky travel through the day today, i'll have your

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welcome back to al jazeera america, a new robotic probe is heading for mars and we will look at the nasa mission and what it hopes to accomplish and let's look at what potential precipitation we are looking at across the u.s. today and nicole mitchell is here. >> a quiet pattern and a couple areas we are watching and i will get to the system in the west in a second but i want to mention you can see the front that caused all the problems and moved off the coastline but north of that the pressure is spinning and just maybe a couple flurries northeastern parts of new england today saying that and disturbance crawling through the south just light rain here. but the biggest player is going to be the system out into the west already some decent amounts of rain and higher elevations, we will be watching for the snow and this had plenty of wind along with it, so into the cascades and some higher elevations over a foot of snow possible and northern rockys 6"

or more and the wind and snow and higher passes be careful driving out there today and back to you. >> thank you, a new probe is making a 10-month trip to mars and when it arrives nasa scientists hope it will unravel a mystery and julia reports. >> starts. >> reporter: and with that nasa scientists and engineers and the world watched as the mars atmosphere evolution better known as maven successfully went to orbit in the rocket. nasa scientists hope maven will reve reveal secrets of the revolution of mars. >> something happened and the environment was capable of supporting liquid water but it's not able to support it now. >> reporter: this is the first exploration specifically dedicated to measuring the martian atmosphere and hope to peer into the red planet past

and offer insights to the future and they think it was similar to earth some 4 billion years ago and missions like this supplied evidence of river networks, lake basin and glasers indicating liquid water and the surface of mars is far different today. the planet averages temperatures of negative 64 degrees fahrenheit, does not support liquid water and a thin atmosphere. the goal is to learn what may have caused such a drastic climate change and how and why did mars lose liquid water and atmosphere. >> we have gone beyond the ability to look at one part of the planet and understand everything there is no know about it. >> reporter: maven will or bin mars and on board are 8 science instruments designed to measure the upper atmosphere and if all goes well it will reach mars in

ten months and begin research next september, julia with al jazeera kennedy space center. >> wind swept away and maven will test the theory. oxford chooses the word of the year and considering the online world we live in and makes sense that the word of the year is selfie and defined for those living under a rock and it's taken with one self with a smartphone or web and uploaded to social media and president obamas has taken them and the pope and that is me and the newsroom and kate our production associate has photo bombed me that is the next oxford english dictionary new word. slang influenced the dictionary and the last were gif, a quick

moving image popular on tumblr and squeezed middle for people hit hard by government cuts and refudiate made up by sarah palin in a tweet which took the internet by storm and this is what we are following for the next hour. >> reporter: illinois declared a state of emergency in 7 counties after dozens of tornados levelled neighborhoods and killed eight people across the midwest and now the region is facing a massive cleanup. blocked roads are making it difficult to get aid to nearly a quarter of the victims of typhoon haiyan. philippines is directing aid from each foreign nation to a different area to maximize the relief effort. lebanese officials say 23 people were killed in two explosions in southern beirut including an iran cultural minister and we will have the latest on the tornados that punished the midwest and talk to a red cross

spokesperson in a hard hit area of how they are trying to help people who lost everything. congress will hold hearings today on the security of the troubled healthcare.gov website and they are calling on the president to resign because of problems with the affordable care act. >> i'm john henry smith, did you hear about the fight that cancelled the championship game? one team will pay dearly and details next in sport. >> reporter: new information coming in about sunday's tornado out break and heavy snowfall expected in parts of the northwest and i'll have your forecast. >> al jazeera continues and thomas and i are back with you in just 2 1/2 minutes.

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some really horrible things that are on line, and it's not - it's not just twitter, what has happened through social media and the anonymity of the net is that you see websites, hate-filled websites targetting all sorts of groups, popping up. there has been a huge number of those that exist as well. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america

>> a state of emergency in illinois, where tornadoes cut a path of destruction, but the loss of life may have been minimized thanks to early warnings about the impending storms. >> food and supplies are pouring into the philippines, but 12 days after the storms, some areas still haven't received help. >> a blast in beirut near the iranian embassy, two explosions leave nearly two dozen dead. >> the unique radio show that gives veterans a voice, a place where they can share service to their country. >> good morning, welcome to

aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm thomas drayton. good to have you with us. it's one of the worst late-season storm systems to hit america in decades, spreading damage across 12 states. >> the midwest was rocked by 75 tornadoes, with winds approaching 200 miles an hour. hundreds of thousands are still without electricity, but in some communities, they lost everything. >> on monday, families returned to the rubble that was once home, gathering what little they could find. the worst of the damage was in central and southern illinois. entire neighborhoods were flattened. >> six people were killed in illinois, including an elderly couple found in the wreckage of their farmhouse. two more died in michigan. one was a detroit teenager, who picked up a downed power line. >> one hard hit area is washington, illinois. we are there this morning.

andy, good morning to you. what is the situation like right now? >> it is rough, stephanie. the devastation in this town of 15,000 is catastrophic. as you walk around, you see entire blocks wiped away and buildings reduced to rubble. a lot of people are just trying to figure out how to put their lives back together. this started on sunday when a very powerful storm system produced one of the most powerful tornadoes this region has ever seen. >> from the air, the catastrophic damage is easy to see, miles of flattened area where homes once stood, on the ground a devastating sight for residents standing in front of debris where they used to live. >> it's hard to believe. it's almost like can i wake up now? it's almost like a nightmare. >> stunned survivors of the tornadoes and heavy storms which ravaged communities in at least 12 states returned to hard-hit washington, illinois to scrape

up what they could and figure out what's next. >> my neighbor found my daughter's journal that she kept as a kid. we'll be looking for bits and pieces today. >> the five-mile wide twister which cut through washington is one of dozens of tornadoes in illinois, slamming into dozens of communities, leaving relatives to cope not only with the loss of their home but that of their loved ones. >> we was planning on a thanksgiving down here, so we bought the turkey and uncle joe, we was going to buy a turkey down here. we were all looking forward to that. >> the southern illinois city of brookport suffered its share of loss. fifty thunderstorms were leveled or are gone entirely. an all night search and rescue, three fatalities. >> this neighborhood is one of the worst as far as the most

homes in one area. >> the storms, which have left hundreds homeless and thousands still without power have sent shock waves throughout the heart land where many are not even allowed to return to their homes, which are deemed unsafe. >> once i got back into town and pulled in the first neighborhood, i literally had no idea where i was at. the houses were gone, street signs gone. >> illinois governor pat quinn declared disaster areas in at least seven counties, a move qualifying the state for federal aid. >> it's important to begin the assessment of the damage for insurance company purse, but definitely for any kind of application that we make to the federal government for federal disaster relief. we must make an initial assessment. >> until that aid arrives, an overnight curfew for those in the hardest hit areas. >> it's sad, we'll rebuild, but i got the biggest things.

i'm sorry. which was my i family, so we'll take care of the rest. >> so far, there have been only been one confirmed death here in washington, but at least 120 more people injured in area hospitals. aljazeera in washington, illinois. stephanie. >> there's been a curfew put on that town. is that still in effect? >> it is and will continue through the weekend. by 6:00 p.m. people have to be in shelters or in their homes. that is to keep away looters and keep people away from the damage. they are letting some people in at this point, but it is going to be in effect through the weekend. >> all right, andy reporting from washington, illinois, thanks. >> many midwesterners are trying to salvage whatever they can after sunday's devastating storm, without power. hundreds of thousands in many states have no electricity.

450,000 in michigan and 64,000 in illinois are still without power. indiana and ohio are facing outages. it could take several days for utilities to get lights back on throughout the region. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell to explain. >> crews going back out, assessing the damage to rank the tornado. when you see damage like this, a clear-cut path to homes in some cases raised to the ground, a number of people have said why is the loss of life so low. it is in part because warnings in general for these storms have gotten better, the average time about 14 to 15 minutes when a tornado warning comes out. but, also this part of the country in the midwest, i thought a lot of people had basements. i moved to oklahoma as a meteorologist in tornado alley and a lot of people didn't. the time difference versus having a basement or going to a

storm shelter makes a difference. when you get the storms earlier in the day, much better than late at night when people are in bed. there are a number of things that made a difference. they'll go back, assess the damage. already 2ef fours in new minden and washington. right now, dry skies, temperatures in the 20's, so brisk as people are trying to get back in there and do some of that relief, but at least the weather is cooperating with all of that. coming up, we'll talk more about the temperatures and of course more on our neck couple of storm systems out there. >> more now on the relief effort after the tornadoes. joining us, jacki nelson, outreach coordinator with the american red cross. thanks so much for being with us. i know it has been a tough 48 hours. now that the weather has cleared, you see the devastation, what are the priorities on the ground right now? >> our top priority are making

sure people have food, shelter, can begin the recovery process, also being with them during a difficult time. >> was the red cross in illinois able to mobilize, are you coordinating with other chapters and organizations? >> we are. we have mobilized our network actually across five states. we've had as many as 12 shelters open across the midwest and we're working closely with community and government agency partners. we're also seeing a injury informal network where neighbors are coming together to help one another. >> when you look at the video, it's hard to imagine where to begin. what donations might best help those affected? >> the best way is to make a donation by texting red cross to 90999 or visiting our website at redcross.org. >> we understand that the red cross is also mobileizing volunteers. what should volunteers be prepared to do?

>> we appreciate having trained volunteers. we encourage people to get involved both in the short term and in the long term. the most important thing is reach out to any community agency, including ours and ask them where they're most needed. >> looking ahead to the cleanup and recovery effort, what are the next steps for your team? >> you know, the next steps for us are really to just be there with people, and as they figure out how to rebuild their lives. you can see behind me, you know, the sun is rising, and we just, these people are going to come back to work and we just want to be there with them, get them started in the recovery process, make sure that they have a warm meal, that they have a place to sleep as they rebuild their lives. >> the american red cross has been there time and time again through so many disasters. when you arrived there, what were your thoughts? >> you know, as a volunteer myself, i've seen a number of disasters, and it still takes

your breath away for every situation. it's unique, you look in the people's eyes, see their suffering, you see their inspiration and resilience as they rise above these things. it can't be put into words. it is best expressed by seeing the faces of people starting to rebuild. >> the residents are going through so much. we appreciate your efforts. jacki nelson, outreach coordinator with the american red cross, thank you. >> new york is offering to buy 130 more homes where he could by super storm sandy. the state will extend its buy back program to a flood prone neighborhood on stanton island. two drowned there when the storm struck in 2012. the state wants to help those who want to move away from the community. >> 12 days after typhoon haiyan hit the philippines, a quarter of the survivors are not getting emergency food splice. the world food program said blocked roads and shortages of electricity and fuel are hampering rescuers. 4,000 people have died and

4 million are homeless. the area around guyian received more aid overnight. how much aid is getting to the survivors? >> we're hearing encouraging reports in this region, which which was was so hard hit. typhoon haiyan came ashore just to the west of here. what we heard from local officials and the u.s. military is that all of the roads in the region are now open, which is of course critical. up until just the last two days, they've used helicopter airlifts primarily base said off the uss george washington to get aid from the airport here in guiuan to more open areas. now they can start larger truck convoys to carry greater volumes of food, medicine. some portable medical kids, pop up clinics we're hearing about

from the doctors without borders, the red cross. the world food program brought in 10 trucks with two tons of food apiece. they're going to stage that where valerie amos actually paid a visit here today. >> paul, we he heard so many stories about the victims, the survivors being stuck on these remote islands. are they able to evacuate? have they be able to leave? >> that's what we're hearing. a lot of these islands have been more or less abandoned. it's difficult to assess them, because there are literally thousands of islands that make up the philippine archipelago. a lot of them have been assessed, a lot of them, it's still unclear what the at that time at us is of the people there. they're going to continue to do that. still a lot of surveying to do in some of these extremely

remote areas. what we're hearing i guess at least on the main island and some of the areas where they haven't been able to get for the past few details are starting to get aid. what's critical is the second and third wave. now they've made their first assessments, first deliveries, but there's still a very long way to go. >> certainly. paul beban, thank you. >> at least 23 people are confirmed dead after an explosion near the iranian embassy in beirut. the ambassador is safe. five buildings were damaged in the compound. 146 people were injured, the lebanese military confirms the explosions were the work of two suicide bombers. aljazeera's rob reynolds has more. >> the explosion were so powerful they turned cars into twisted piles of metal, tore the facades off believes and gouged deep craters in the street outside the iranian embassy.

>> i am syrian. i work opposite the iranian embass. on my way to work, the first explosion took place, minutes later the second took place. i fell unconscious and woke to find myself here in the hospital. >> firefighters rushed to the scene, trying to douse the flames and help the wounded. >> >> the health ministry has put the nearby hospitals at full preparedness. all the injured have been rushed to hospitals and dead bodies recovered from the road. we are also inspecting the surrounding buildings as the damage is huge. the number of victims is relatively high and we will disclose the actual number once the total damage is assessed. >> there are conflicting reports about the source of the blasts, some saying by rockets, other by car bombs. aljazeera regarded from the scene. >> this country is divided. those who support the syrian regime and those who oppose. clearly, the exclosing outside

the iranian embassy is a message that the iranian embassy is a target. >> the carnage seems to be the latest spillover from syria's major civil war. iran is a backer of bashar al assad and of the hezbollah militia which have sent fighters to syria to support rebels trying to overthrow bashar al assad. no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. rob reynolds, aljazeera. >> the iranian ambassador to lebanon blames israel for the explosions. >> a security camera captured the final moments before a bowing 737 exploded. experts from bashar al assad and two u.s. agencies are assisting the investigation. >> two jailed after a green

peace protest against arctic drilling are free on bail. a russian and photographer are the first of the crew members to be released. the demonstrators face up to seven years in jail if convicted of hooliganism. they tried to scale a russian offshore oil rig last september. >> more trouble for the mayor of toronto. hecklers yelled also the council voted to strip rob ford of his powers. ford was caught on camera during the vote yawning and making gestures. he also nearly knocked over a woman as he rushed to help his brother on the sidelines. >> i apologize to anyone that i accidental hit when my brother was in an altercation over there. i apologize. >> apologize to counselor mcconnell. >> absolutely. as a complete accident, i do sincerely apologize to you. >> thank you. >> ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine, buying narcotics

and driving drunk. he won't step down and said he is the victim of a conspiracy. >> council members are so embarrassed right now and have no power to remove him. >> they speak to him as if he was an adolescent child. >> george zimmerman arrested again. >> what he did this time to end up on the wrong side of the law. >> the nation's top educator apologizing to moms. >> putting the focus back on health care, what the white house is saying now about the problem-plagued website.

>> good morning within welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm tom straight. george zimmerman in trouble with the law again. we'll tell you what he's accused of doing and we'll hear the 911 call his girlfriend made to police. >> first to temperatures across the nation today. meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. >> good morning.

hope everyone is off to a great start this morning despite chilly temperatures. the same cold front that brought all the weather, this is the second most active day of the year, including the storms that we usually see a little bit more in april and may. as we get out to the midwest, temperatures well below freezing behind all of that. we're going to be doing some of the recovery efforts this morning into the 20's, this afternoon into the 40's, so people piecing everything back together are going to have to bundle up today. the rest of the country a little bit warmer, as we get into portions of the southern plains, as far north as denver, temperatures 63. for the midwest, the bottom kind of falls out by the end of the week. we'll talk more about that later on. >> hustler publisher larry flynt is asking for clemency for the man to shot and paralyzed him. he is to be facing the death

penalty this week. the missouri governor denied the request. >> george zimmerman is under arrest again this morning. police in florida say he pound a shotgun at his girlfriend, pushed her out of the house and barricaded himself inside. percent got a key from his girlfriend and pushed the door open. his girlfriend called 911 during the incident. >> he's in my house, breaking owl my stuff. i asked him to leave. you just broke my glass table, my sunglasses and put your gun in my freaking face. >> zimmerman was arrested without incident. he is due this morning to face assault and battery charges. >> some of bernie madoff's victims may soon get money back. a fund obtained through auction has already been distributed, but not all of the victims were entitled to it. madoff was arrested in 2008 and convicted of running a

$2 billion ponzi scheme. >> it appears j.p. morgan and the government have reached a settlement. the record $13 billion deal could be announced today. this would end several investigations into mortgage investments that went bad during the financial crisis. $4 billion would go to distressed homeowners. the agreement would resolve civil cases against the bank in new york and california. >> stock futures are flat at this hour. the dow crossed 16,000 on monday for the first time and the s&p 500 briefly passed 1800. both retreated by days' end. this morning, the now tones industrial average hit 15,976, the s&p hit a record high, as well. european stocks mostly lower in

early trading. tokyo last a quarter of a percent. >> the housing recovering is boosting home depots bottom line. it earned nearly $1.5 billion last quarter. it is expected to stay strong yukon assumers are once again picking up the pace and investing in homes and home sales. they are, of course, because of that, many are choosing an either or type purchasing pattern, leaving the clothing and electronics purchases to the side and choosing instead to invest in home and garden projects. >> a different story for electronics chain best buy. it's sales increased but deep discounts reduced it's overall revenue. best buy warns if it has to match other stores discounts during the holiday season, that will hurt future projects. investors have become very bullish on the electronics

store, it tock that tripled this year. >> microsoft is holding its board meeting today. a replacement for the president will be chosen. >> a fill buffer on monday blocked robert will kicks on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he is the third straight nominee who failed to get enough votes. the court is considered to be the second most powerful in the nation. eight seats on that court were filled during the tenure of george w. bush. >> the secretary of education is apologizing for remarks about student evaluations that sparked controversy. last friday, arnie duncan told school superintendent's in richmond, virginia that opposition to common core stayed standards was coming from "white suburban moms, who all of a

sudden their child isn't at brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were." he apologized in a blog, saying in part "i used some crumb as i phrasing that i regret, because it detracted from an important conversation about preparing all of america's students for success." >> a consultant predicted problems with healthcare.gov six months before it was launched, saying the administration was warned in late march that the website would mag function. the analysis said the system had not been properly tested. administration officials have acknowledged that there were red flags. >> the administration says healthcare.gov is working better, but a new poll shows americans aren't warming to the website. congress wants to know if all that personal information is secure. here to tell us more is tracy joining us from washington. good morning to you. there's a group that wants president obama to resign. a lot going on here.

>> a lot going on today, and in front of the white house today, you're going to see it sort of happening there. there is a coalition of tea party groups, pretty big set of groups, more than two dozen of them. they are promising thousands of people coming out in front of the white house to protest a number of issues, including health care. >> the group reclaim america wants president obama to resign over u.s. deaths in benghazi, the i.r.s. targeting conservatives and the botched rollout of the affordable care act. >> we will not have a perfect website. >> the white house now admits one in 10 users may still have problems with healthcare.gov after the end of this month, but insist everyone will be able to sign up on line or by phone by december 15. >> the only way you make it affordable is if everybody has to get in. >> very, very easy.

it took me about -- >> my social security, number, that's as far as i could go. >> the committee looked at personal information the government is collecting on healthcare.gov, is it secure? lawmakers say hackers have already tried to break in and some data has been compromised. >> we've got new polls just in the last 24 hours. reuters is reporting that nearly six in 10 americans say they don't like the new health care law, an almost equal number in a gallup poll say they don't think it's the government's job to ensure everyone has a health plan. >> some simply don't understand it, as well. tracy, thank you. >> getting help to the hardest-hit areas of the philippines. >> we'll take a closer look at the incredible challenges that region is facing and why they

might need help for years to come. >> a scare at one of the countries top universities, the unprecedented move the school is taking to protect students and staff. >> giving afghanistan power over sufficient soldiers, the major issues about the pact. >> i'm john henry smith, cam newton and the panthers locked horns with tom brady and the patriots, coming up in sports. rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news.

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job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> welcome back, you're looking live at new york city this morning, a beautiful morning, one more day before the cold front moves in. it's good to have you with us, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. >> i'm stephanie sy. work continues in the philippines. there are 4 million people displaced, that's like the population of kentucky or

oregon. in a moment, we're going to be talking take a public health expert about the public health challenge as well as rebuilding. >> so many challenges ahead. also this morning, an ivy league university causing a stir with its plan to stop the spread of meningitis on campus. seven students have been diagnosed. they have since recovered. the school plans to use a vaccine that hasn't been approved here in the u.s. >> the u.s. is approaching a deadline in afghanistan to withdraw troops by the end of next year. we'll hear from tribal leaders about concerns about u.s. troops and how they operate in that country from here on end. it's an important deal. >> we'll have more in a moment. heading to the pill teens, the shortage of supplies is critical especially in pelo. the city suffered the highest percentage of deaths. aljazeera takes you there.

>> welcome to the district. this district saw the highest number of deaths of all the districts in the municipality. it's been transformed from a waste land to what was a but theling sea side town. there were big cement houses here for middle class families, but it's all been laid to waste. this area used to be a bustling neighborhood shop. this exact spot. the people who own it came by a few hours ago trying to salvage their air conditioner, which they think they can get working again. they could hear helicopters going overhead all the time, hear the politicians speaking, but they have not received any aid at all. they say that it's taking too long to get to them, but that just gives you a sense in a way of the scale and intensity of the devastation. new united nations physician say

the two and a half million people need he had to be fed, 13 million people have been affected across nine provinces. this used to be a happy place. it would be popular during the weekends, people would come to the beach that you're looking at now and rent a beach hut for a couple of hours. now it's a grave site. >> once again, aljazeera's veronica pedestrian degrees is a. since the storm hit, more than 1500 emergency shelters have been set up. more than 82,000 families are staying in those shelters. the government says crews are searching for more than 1600 people still listed as missing. >> now here to help us understand the complexities of the rebuilding effort in the philippines is les roberts from columbia university school of public health. basically what's happening right now is that food and water and basic supplies are being shipped in, literally being shipped in,

dropped there. at what point can local water supplies get back on line and can they depend on sort of local necessities? >> luckily, in tacloban, the pipe water supply is working for most of the city, so in some places, the response has been rapid and successful. that will happen at an ever-increasing rate. much of the trouble for water fly is salt water surged into people's wells. that with rains will solve itself in the weeks to come. so, the food issue is the bigger issue, logistically. for the international community, it will be weeks before these folks, many of them will be completely democrat on food. >> what about sanitation. we know corpses lining the streets for many days. i understand that's not the major public health issue. what is? >> so the main issue is people being exposed to each other's

feces. virtually all the diarrhea, all the stomach flu did he mom in a, the feces of one person to get into the food or wore or touched by someone else. in those shelters, having latrine is a pretty darn high priority now. in the countryside, people know go away from the house, go into the bush. it is in the urban centers, we tend to see outbreaks of diarrhea and troubles that come with it. >> are you concerned about a second wave of casualties given the risks when it comes to things like dysentery, cholera, or things we saw in haiti? >> i'm not. this is a sophisticated population. i'm worried about the political will to build back in a way that prevents this from happening again. >> there are lessons that could have been learned here. a lot of these structures were not well built. this is an impoverished area of

the philippines. >> along with the structure issue is people were living in flood plains where people knew ocean surge would come. the philippines have the most progressive laws in the world for making their population disaster prone, but critique after critique over the last few years have said the federal laws are wonderful, the local implementation is not. again and again, people are allowed to build their houses in flood plains for reasons related to local elections or patronage and i think this might be an opportunity to help implement the great laws on the national level down to the local level. >> one argument i heard for people who do build homes on the floodplain and this is even debated in this country, where you can build is that some of their livelihoods may depend on living on the coast. some are fishermen, for example. >> that's true, but when we talk

about avoiding flood plains, we are talking about moving hundreds of meters, not kilometers inland. there are other things that can be done, like having masonry structures in your bottom floor that elevate up, so there is a second platform. >> like literally a big block of concrete would help. >> that's right, so there are relatively cheap things that have been been done in other countries that have been successful. >> hopefully that advice will be heeded. thanks so much for coming in this morning. >> pleasure to be here. >> a rescue operation off the italian island, the coast guard saved 61 refugees from sub saharan africa sunday. many have tried to reach italy in search of a better life. last month, 300 drowned while making that journey. >> a deal on the american military presence ins afghanistan is in jeopardy. the u.s. and afghanistan refuse

to oh budge on one point. washington's insistence that american troops retain the right to enter afghan homes. the political deadlock comes days before thousands of afghan elders make a decision, whether american troops should stay or leave afghanistan. aljazeera reports. >> >> in kandahar, tribal leader has called meeting to make a major decision, should he support the security agreement to allow the americans to stay after 2014. there's a lot to discuss. >> if a foreign soldier commits a crime in our country, where do you think he should be put on trial? >> he should be tried in our own afghanistan, replies this elder. if a crime is committed here and he is tried in america, then i don't accept that.

he is in favor of the security agreement with the u.s., but with clear conditions. >> we say to them that they should stay in their own bases. they shouldn't raid our village. they should pay the salaries of our forces. they should pave our roads. we want them for this. we don't want them to come out of their bases and raid our village. >> he is one of over 2,500 representatives going to the capitol kabul to the traditional afghan way of making decisions. they will debate whether to sign an agreement that involves the military keeping bases here after next year. all over the country, community representatives are making the same trip. it will be the biggest gathering of its kind in years. in the northern city, the head of the provincial council is also getting ready to leave. walking under a koran is a traditional blessing before an

important event. his part of the country has benefited more from the development since western forces arrived. speaking to aljazeera, he worries mostly about securing that for the future. >> this had agreement aneeds to be side. we cannot stand on our own feet. we have a young army and police force and they need to be equipped. we are not able to finance our countries budget. >> as muhammed travels to the capitol, he hopes the agreement will be signed soon. some people in the country have pointed out that most attending are pro government and not representative of ordinary people. as the 2500 delegates arrive for the event, they may be the closest afghanistan comes to a consensus. jane ferguson, aljazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> if the elder council votes for the security agreement with the u.s., it would still need

the approval of both houses of parliament and the president. >> hole yo cases in syria are pushing neighboring countries to vaccinate children. turkey kicked off its campaign this week. there are 650,000 refugees there. most of spread throughout turkey's residential areas. they hope to vaccinate children in syria and 8 million others in the region to prevent an outbreak. >> a new study links depression with a lack of sleep. researchers say 87% of patients recover after getting treat for insomnia. an estimated 18 million americans suffer from depression and more than half of them have insomnia. the study is being reviewed. the findings could bring major changes in the treatment of depression. >> prolonged use of the birth control pills show women could suffer an eye disease. those taking the pill for three

years or more were twice as likely to be diagnosed with glaucoma. they say women should consider other factors before quitting the pill, such as family history and other vision problems. >> an outbreak of meningitis on a college campus is considered so serious, the school offers a vaccine not approved in the u.s. >> we have more on this unprecedented plan at princeton university. good morning. >> good morning to you both. we're talking about a specific meningitis strain, the b. strain. the vaccine is the only one designed to protect against this b. strain. the outbreak at princeton is the first in the world since the vaccine was approved abroad earlier this year. while it's currently in the approval process in the u.s., university officials did not want to wait. they announced a plan to offer the unapproved vaccine so they can try to contain the highly contagious disease. both the c.d.c. and f.d.a. are

behind the plan, the c.d.c. taking the unprecedented step of importing the vaccine. it has been licensed in europe since january and australia since august. digging deeper on this disease and it turns out the b. strain is among the most common in europe and has also been found frequently in the u.s. last year, it accounted for one sitting of the 480 meningitis cases in the u.s., according to the c.d.c. as we've said, this is highly contagious and potentially deadly. one in 10 young adults die of the decease while one in five develops a permanent disability. the vaccine will be free for staff and students paid for by the university and totally voluntarily. it is most effective in two doses, the first round will be available in early december, the second in february. >> are there specific people who will have access before others. >> absolutely. we know that this is contracted because of close personal

contact, so undergrads and grad students in form stories will get it first along with folks with weaker immune systems. >> in some cases, it can be deadly, meningitis b. how are the students who contracted it doing? >> there are seven people who contracted it, six students and one visitor since march of this year. we hear from the university that all of recovering fine. >> that's good news. erika, thank you. >> new charges of bullying at rutgers university. a football player said defensive coordinator dave cohen used vulgar female insults toward him and he therenned to head butt him. he quit the team. his parents want him disciplined. he has not agreed to meet with them. >> john henry smith has a look at this morning's sports. a wild and controversial finish in monday night football. >> when the nfl schedule came out patriots versus upon thyrse did not seem competitive.

it may have been the best monday night so far this season. great quarterback matchup, hitting old school tom brady versus cam newton. 10-3 lead at half time, but gone cross key into the end zone. panthers lead 17-10. to the fourth, ridley benched for fumbling, holding on tight, tied inside of two minutes, the play, newton caps off a drive with a 25-yard t.d. toss. the only catch of the night, puts carolina up late. last play of the game, brady into the end zone for gronkowski. the ball gets picked off, will you there's a flag behind lester for interference. the ref decided the pass was

uncatchable and waved off the penalty. i guess the panthers figured we need more hugs in the world. tom brady wasn't feeling the love. a thriller, 24-20. >> the ciaa sports two of college football's best of two teams in winston salem and virginia. 50's flew when an off the field fight, only one of these teams is playoff bound. during a banquet the day before last saturday's scheduled championship game, players from virginia state allegedly jumped quarterback johnson in the men's room. as a result not only was the game canceled, but now the ciaa banned virginia state from participating in any postseason games this year. police charged virginia state running back with misdemeanor assault for inflicting serious injury on johnson, who spoke monday for the first time since

the incident. >> i was going to wash my hands and somebody tapped me on my back, my shoulder. as soon as i turned around, i got hit. i squared him up, and then when i scared him up, somebody else hit me on my blindside on my head and that's when i fell and i felt about four or five feet stomping on me and kicking me. pretty much that guy and i got hit on the side of my head and in my ribs, so that's it. >> that does not define who we are. that does not define our student body. as we move forward, we will continue to work vehemently as continuously improving the decision-making of our students. >> quite a mess. well, to the college hardwood, last week has seen seventh ranked michigan fall to iowa state and 12th ranked north carolina fall to belmont. monday night, another david was

putting another guy lie and got in a choke hold. >> up one in the second half, layer, game tied at 40. for three, nothing but net, up three. inside of two minutes, tries to make it happen, can't do it. jeremy grant can with the put-back, game tied at 50. next thing grant with the strip, gets the ball ahead to michael for the layup. syracuse survives 56-50. that's your look at morning sports. >> how long. >> a pennsylvania minister has been found guilty by his church of officiating a same-sex marriage. reverend frank schaefer performed his son's wedding six years ago in massachusetts. he could lose his relike thous credentials. he is due to hear his penalty this morning. >> a sexual assault case comes to an end.

three women convicted of assaulting girls became known as the san antonio four. they maintained their in sense and say it never happened. testimony was ruled invalid. the fourth woman convicted was paroled last year. >> you saw those people lining up for play station four. sony sold a million of its new play station gaming systems. >> days after its debut, users are complaining. they've got issues. >> what sony is doing to fix those new problems. >> nasa's newest explorer is en route to mars. what scientists hope the spacecraft will accomplish on the red plan at the time. >> radio's 10th anniversary program. >> cell braying a decade of shining a spotlight on this countries veterans. >> you are looking at a live shot of the statue of liberty on a beautiful tuesday morning in

new york. >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their

>> good morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. >> i'm stephanie sy. up next, two men who gave up their jobs in the insurance industry to start are a radio show to honor the brave member and women who protect this country are celebrating a major milestone. >> first, lets look at what the potential precipitation is across the u.s. today, meteorologist nicole mitchell joining us. good morning. >> good morning, hope you are off to a great day. after the front moved off, precipitation moved off along with it. to the northeast is light snow in northern vermont, very hit and miss there, same thing down to the south. a little bit of rain has made it to the ground but most not making it to the ground. the northwest, higher elevations like the cascades could see six-inches or so, up to a foot in the rockies. back to you guys.

>> complaints about glitches in the new play station four prompted sony to issue a trouble shooting guide. the console is a hot seller, more than 1 million t.s.4ed were sold last friday. within the first 24 hours of release. there is a mysterious blinking blue light. sony said it might be caused by the power supply, hard drive or compatibility issues with t.v.'s. >> nasa's newest explorer is on its way to mars. >> start, ignition and lift off. >> there it goes, the spacecraft blasted off monday. it should reach mars in 10 months. its mission, to determine why mars lost its atmosphere and became a dry and freezing planet. >> veterans face unique struggles returning from war. we begin with a radio show that offers a voice to these brave men and women. we have more. >> first light in ann arbor

michigan and detail and bob celebrate a decade of veterans radio with their team at a a local restaurant. >> where's that phone number? [ laughter ] >> a few laughs and hearty breakfast before going live in one of ann arbor's biggest office blocks. >> this is veterans radio 10t 10th anniversary program! >> the first guest 10 years ago is back on the air again, democratic house member john dingell on the line from washington, d.c. >> welcome to veterans radio, congressman. >> good morning, my friends and congratulations to you for 10 years of great service. >> dale and bob were fed up with their job in the insurance industry 10 years ago when dale floated the idea of veterans are to his now colleague. >> i said i'm thinking of putting together a radio program for veterans. he reached across the table and said i'm with you, because he was a veteran. >> the show talks about key issues from health and claiming benefits, but is mainly about

story-telling, war tales that vets tend to keep to themselves. >> so often, we hear he never says anything and they do, they open up, because it's veterans talking with veterans. >> the web gives dale and bob a global reach beyond the radio stations they're on, which are part of the ave maria catholic network. >> our audiences keep growing and it's been a wonderful partnership. >> the nationally syndicated radio host who's daily program is heard on more than 200 stations nationwide is also dale and bob's boss. >> there are relatively few people who can do it week after week after week and that's what these guys have done. >> dale and bob have big ambulance for the next 10 years, more stations, more stories, a bigger website and even taking the show on the road. >> until then, you are dismissed. >> yes, sir!

>> aljazeera, ann arbor, michigan. >> dale and bob have aired more than 400 programs. their show can be herd in michigan and also on line every saturday morning. >> i hope it expands. there are great stories out there that need to be shared. >> they have great broadcast radio voices. >> at the end of our second hour, del walters joins us with a look at what we are following this morning. >> the governor of illinois declared a state of emergency in seven counties after dozens of tornadoes leveled neighborhoods and killed eight people across the midwest. now that region facing a massive cleanup. >> blocked roads are making it difficult to get aid to a quarter of the victims of typhoon haiyan, aid being directed to different areas to maximize relief efforts. >> two exflowses in southern beirut, no one claiming responsibility for the blast targeting the iranian embassy. >> a new report card on the performance by u.s. students in math and science shows they

continue to struggle against their peers around the world. one social entrepreneur is working to ends all of that. >> today marks the 150t 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address. sentiments that sparked the civil war till linger in some parts of the country. >> i'm john henry smith, another bullying scandal has emerged, this i'm on a campus that has even this kind of thing before. >> the news continues. del is back with you in just two and a half minutes. >> have a great morning.

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>> picking up want pieces in the midwest where dozens of tornadoes caused widespread devastation. the loss of life minimized because of early warnings about the impending storms. >> food and supplies pouring in to the philippines, but some still around receiving help. >> explosions in beirut near the iranian embassy, the blast leaving two dozen dead. now there is a group claiming responsibilities for that attack. >> four scores and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. >> marking the 150t 150th anniversary of one of the most important spoofs in u.s. history, lincoln's gettysburg address.

good morning, and welcome to aljazeera marrying. it is one of the worst storms to hit america's heartland in decades, spreading death and destruction across 12 states. in just a few hours sunday, 75 tornadoes ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles an hour. some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois, where the governor's declared a state of emergency in seven counties on monday. emergency officials are still assisting it is damage. they say it is still not safe to go back into the devastated areas. six were killed in illinois and two in michigan. thousands across the region are now starting down that long road to recovery. aljazeera's andy joins us live from that region. andy, what is the latest?

>> quiet now, but the damage in this town of 15,000 is just catastrophic, and as you walk around here, you see entire blocks wiped away and buildings reduced to rubble. people walking around, just bewildered, wondering how to put their lives back together again. this all started sunday when a very powerful storm system created one of the most powerful november tornadoes this region has ever seen. >> from the air, the cats photographic damage is easy to see, miles are flattened areas where homes once stood. on the ground, a devastating site where residents stand in front of debris where they used to live. >> it's just hard to believe. it's almost like can i wake up now? you know, it's almost like a nightmare. >> monday, stunned survivors of sunday's tornadoes and heavy storms, which ravaged communities in at least 12 states, returned to hard-hit washington, illinois to scrape up what they could and figure out what's next.

>> my neighbor found my daughter's journal that she kept as a kid. we'll be looking for bits and pieces today. >> the five-mile wide twister which cut through washington was one of dozens of tornadoes reported in illinois slamming into dozens of communities, like new minden where an elderly brother and sister were killed. >> we was planning on a thanksgiving down here. amy bought the turkey and uncle joe, we was going to fry a turkey down here, so we were all looking forward to that. >> the southern illinois city of brookport had at least 50 homes leveled or gone entirely. after an all night search and rescue, three fatalities. in pecon, another 135 homes. >> this neighborhood is one of the worst as as far as the most

homes in one area. >> the storms which have left hundreds homeless and thousands without power have sent shock waves throughout the heartland where many are not allowed to return to their homes, which are deemed unsafe. >> once you got back into town and pulled in the first neighborhood, i had no idea where i was at. the houses were gone. >> illinois governor declared disaster areas in seven counties. >> it's important to begin the assessment of the damage for insurance company purposes, but definitely for any kind of application that we make to the federal government for federal disaster relief. we must make an initial assessment. >> until that aid arrives, an overnight curfew for those in the hardest hit areas. >> it's sad. we'll rebuild, but i got the biggest things... sorry... which is my family, so we'll take care

of the rest. >> so far, one confirmed taillightty here in the washington area, but 120 other people injured in hospitals around the area. del. >> andy, you mentioned that there was a curfew put in effect. is it still taking place? >> strictly enforced in fact by multiple agencies. everybody has to be in a shelter or home by 6:00 p.m. each night. that's not just to keep them safe, it's to prevent looting in the area. at 7:00 a.m., folks are allowed back into this area, but only with an i.d. del. >> andy joining us live from washington, illinois, andy, thank you very much. >> some people in the midwest are still trying to put their lives back together today without power. emergency officials say about 450,000 people are still without electricity in michigan, another 64,000 in illinois. indiana and ohio also facing

problems with outages. officials say it could be days before all of the power is restored. >> we're learning more about the strength of the tornadoes that struck the midwest. for that, we turn to nicole mitchell he to explain. >> good morning, a number of the tornadoes have been officially categorized, some of the lesser strength because minimal damage, that's pretty easy to assess, but the more widespread damage surveys are still going on. with well over .500 reports, the numbers of reports have kind of vacillated between 500 and 600 as more came in and now dwindled some as they merged duplicated reports. second most active day of the year. i mentioned that damage. here's the swath we were looking at, aerial from washington where we just had the report, washington and new minden, wind

speeds up to 200 miles an hour, f4, it's the type of construction where a home is usually raised to the grounds, where vehicles can be thrown and those are things we saw. a couple of blocks over and if you weren't right in the path, things were fine. that's how sporadic these storms can be going through. to get a november storm can happen, but it had to be the perfect set up. today, we have sunny skies, but chilly temperatures. i'll talk more about temperatures coming up in just a couple minutes. >> nicole, mitchell, thank you very much. >> 12 days after typhoon haiyan hit the philippines, some are still not getting emergency supplies. blocked roads and shortages of electricity and fuel are to blame. the death toll is now nearly 4,000. 4 million people remain homeless. >> aljazeera is in tacloban tracking the relief efforts. >> as far as reconstruction goes, it's pretty meager, but at

least it's something. the government is trying to get street lights functioning again. downed power lines need to be rehung and a generator installed in tacloban. some pet roll stations are open again. >> the chief is on the phone to the business community. many fled to manila amid security concerns in the early days of this disaster. >> it's to really inspire the people and give them the signal that hey, we're going to get back up, hey, everything's going back to normal. >> the president in town, the government is talking about one of its new priorities, a push for so-called normalcy, trying to persuade businesses to reopen, talking about getting cash machines installed, as well. for many people here, this is now what passes for normal.

it doesn't look like changing anytime soon. >> there's no prospect of any business starting at the fishing port. a handful of people continue to find shelter here, while recovery workers signify another body found. this man worked as a day laborer. he lost his wife, the mother of his four children in the typhoon. he doesn't know where he'll be able to earn money again. >> my boss doesn't know what to do yet. he would need to set up the cages first. they were all washed away. >> with such uncertainty, sadness now embedded in the fabric of this town, it aims to give its people something to stay here for. >> dozens of typhoon survivors you marched through tacloban today from the areas two main evacuation centers in the astro dome and st. peters church.

they sang hymns trying to boost spirits. >> it's therapy, where you listen to the victim of disaster, but you also make them believe that they can actually heal themselves. >> some survivors are building shelters or raring homes. stores and gas stations are now starting finally to reopen. >> at least 23 people have been confirmed dead after an explosion today near the iranian embassy in beirut. the ambassador is said to be safe. iran run state news agency said he was injured. the explosion set cars on fire and damaged five buildings inside the embass compound. at least 146 people were hurt. the lebanese military confirms they were the work of two suicide bombers. we have more. >> the explosions were so powerful, they turned cars into twisted piles of metal, tore facades off buildings and gouged deep creators in the street

outside the iranian embassy. >> on my way to work, the first explosion took place, minutes later the second. i fell unconscious and woke up here in the hospital. >> dense clouds of smoke rose from burning vehicles. firefighters rushed to the scene, trying to douse the flames and help the wounded. >> the health ministry has put the nearby hospitals at full preparedness. all the injured have been rushed to hospitals and dead bodies recovered from the road. we are also inspecting the surrounding buildings as the damage is huge. the number of victims is relatively high and we will disclose the actual number once the total damage is assessed. >> the iranian ambassador spoke to a beirut television station. >> it was targeted by two explosion that took plagues with a five minute interval.

>> the carnage is a residential neighborhood appears to be the latest spillover from syria's civil war. iran is a major backer of embattled syrian president bashar al assad, and of the hezbollah militia which has sent fighters to syria to support bashar al assad against rebels trying to overthree him. the area of southern beirut surrounding the embassy is considered a hezbollah strong hold. aljazeera. >> the iranian ambassador to lebanon is blaming israel for that attack. >> president obama is reminding americans that there is more than one way to sign up for medical insurance. he said enrollment by mail or in person over the phone has always been part of the health care reform plan. he is thinking about letting insurers sign up customers directly.

one fifth of those eligible aren't buying programs. >> there is already a group that wants the president to resign over the health care issues. >> exactly, del, and not just the health care issues. this is a coalition of two dozen or more groups, tea party groups and others planning a demonstration outside the white house today just across the street at lafayette park. they are saying that thousands of people will show up later today. that's their promise, to protest not only health care, but a nobody of other issues. >> calling it tyrannical control of a hostile government, the group reclaim america wants president obama to resign over u.s. deaths in benghazi, the i.r.s. targeting conservatives, the n.s.a. surveillance and botched rollout of the affordable care act. >> we will not have a perfect website. >> the white house now admits

one in 10 users may still have problems with healthcare.gov after the end of this month, but insist everyone will be able to sign you on line or by phone by december 15. >> the only way you make it affordable is everybody has to get in. >> very, very easy. it took me about -- >> put my social security number in, that's as far as i can go. >> today, the house science committee looks at all those social security numbers and other personal information the government's collecting on healthcare.gov, is it secure. lawmakers say hackers have already tried to break in and some data has been compromised. >> back live now. dell, we're looking at polls coming out now, reuters showed significance in 10 americans say they don't like the affordable care act. similar gallup pom said it's not the government's job t make

sure everyone has health insurance. >> senate republicans putting the brakes on a presidential court appointee again. filibuster monday blocked robert wilkins from a seat on the d.c. appeals court. he is the third straight nominee to the bench to be blocked. the court is considered to be the second most powerful in the nation and democrats say republicans are trying to weaken the president's influence. eight seats on that court were filled during the tenure of george w. bush. >> cairo's tahrir square, the scene of another large demonstration, protestors angry. egyptians today are marking the second anniversary of massive protests in the square against the military. >> that russian airliner that crashed in central russia plunged to earth nose-first. the security camera captured the final moments before it burst into flames on sunday at the

airport. all 50 people onboard were killed. there's no word on the exact cause. experts from bowing and two u.s. agencies are now assisting with that investigation. >> still ahead, a massive $45 million bang heist, only this didn't involve men with masks. it was pulled off by hackers. >> plus a man on a personal mission to teach kids computer coding. >> dedicated to the prepare significance that all men. >> all men. >> all men created equal. >> if you ever heard the gettysburg address. we have a treat, the speech in its entirety. >> you're taking a look live now if the brooklyn bridge, as the sun shines on the big apple.

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>> good morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. straight ahead, we're going to tell you about a modern day bank robbery pulled off by computer

hackers. it has a lot of people worried it could keep going on. >> first, we'll get a look at your local temperatures with nicole mitchell. >> i wanted to start off with the midwest. the ohio river valley where we have so much recovery going on and so many displaced from the tornadic outbreak sunday. temperatures in the upper 20's for the most part, making it into the 40's today. it's going to be very brisk, both surveying damage and trying to get things back on track in this part of the country. still on the mild siden oh the east coast, but more of that cooler air will filter in. tomorrow morning might be a crisper start. overall, the temperatures we'll see for the rest of the day kind of mild. some of those warmer temperatures bubbling up into the midwest for now. denver gets to 63 degrees, but that next front is going to change things. by the time we get into tomorrow, denver drops 10 degrees to 58, billings drops 10 to 20 degrees into the 30's.

more cold air will settle into the midwest by the time we get into the later part of the week. if you already think it's cold, you might want to pull out a couple extra layers. >> already did. nicole, thank you very much. >> five arrests made in a $45 million a.t.m. cyber theft ring, spanning 24 countries and two banks in the middle east. eight others have been charged, but not surprisingly, this crime has a lot of people in banking circles asking how could it happen. a professor at columbia university specializes in national cyber security. professor wagner, good morning. how did it happen? >> we have an international banking system that's totally dependent on internet and cyberspace, which grew very, very rapidly over a decade, and we did not spend the money we needed to put in the kinds of protections we need in the software to make sure that everything is safe. >> that seems to answer my next question, is this a gaping hole

and security and does it means it will happen again? >> clearly there are some gaping holes in the security system and cost wear used by some banks. until those are repaired and software improved, it's likely to happen again and again. you've got a major worldwide organization that is not young high school hackers anymore. they are experienced hackers and will exploit the weaknesses as long as they exist. >> most of us put our personal information on the little a.t.m. card with the black stripe on the back. how should i feel right now? >> in the united states, you are protected by a number of federal statutes so the kind of vulnerabilities that people have in other countries and shouldn't be awfully concerned about using yow a.t.m. card or credit cards to make a purchase the way people did years ago. i think you should be confident that at least in the united states, the major banks, places

we know like citi bank and chase have brought in professionals to try to fix the vulnerabilities that they see. >> who are the smarter right now, the people in the banks or people trying to figure out a way around the security systems? >> you've got incredibly smart people on that both sides. clearly the kinds of hackers that are engaging in a $45 million theft are finding some of the best, smartest people in the world to build that software. i'm fairly encouraged that on our side, we're recruiting some of the best and brightest to work on the problem here, but we've got to give them the resources and the support to go solve those problems. >> i hate to sound like the stone age but there was a time when all your information was on a little black strip. >> that's correct. >> when you could go into a bank and the only thing you had to worry about were guys with guns

and masks. now they're stealing electrically. is this a case where all of this technology benefits big business but doesn't necessarily benefit main street? >> well, you're talking about a world that existed some years ago. in the old days, you know, like you say, people that go into the bank. >> i don't want you to say in the old days. it makes me sound old. >> i'm old, you're not. years ago, people would deal with a teller and do a transaction. these days, most transases are done with a.t.m. machines, most people are using a.t.m. and debit cards. a very small percentage of actual transactions are done with an actual person in the bank, and many years ago, when a bank was robbed with a guy with a gun, he'd walk out with a bunch of money. these days, the average bank robber with a gun only gets away with something like $500, very small amounts. the cyber heists and a.t.m. heists, this is where the many millions are going. it's a different world that we

have to deal with now. >> professor, thank you very much. >> my pleasure, sir. >> professor wagner from columbia university. >> goggle's decision to crack down on child porn have many wondering if it will make a difference. search terms will be blocked to lead to illegal content. some cyber crime efforts say that content will still be available on line. they say pedestrian files often use email instead of websites to share child porn. >> here's what's making business news this morning. recent fires in tess la cars are prompting a government investigation. the investigation affects more than 13,000 sold in the sufficient, but no recall as of yet. >> a deal that would slap the biggest fines ever on a u.s. corporation appears to be at hand. an announcement could come today that j.p. morgan chase and the government have now agreed to a $13 billion settlement related

to the housing meltdown. that would require $4 billion paying back homeowners. the agreement would resolve civil investigations against the bank of new york and california, but does not mean the bank is off the who can. >> one of the important things that i think is a new development, we're seeing the justice department is looking for guilty pleas, in a number of cases and not settling for low charges. that's what we've seen in the potential settlement, there are criminal charges pending which would not be part of the settlement. >> stock futures a bit lower at this hour, dough futures down seven. here's where we stand this morning, the dough jones industrial average at another all time high of 15,976.

the a and p and step thousand 91. overseas, european stocks mostly trading lower in early trading and markets in asia, all arrows in the red. >> home depot earned nearly a half billion dollars over the last quarter. that is $1.5 billion. sales increased 8%. the company expects sales to stay strong. >> electronics, best buy saying sales increase but deep discounts reduced overall revenue. it could make less money if it has to match other store discounts during the holiday season. investors have become bullish on electronics stores. >> a shakeup in the financial news industry, maria leaving cnbc, named the money honey of

wall street has been with them for two decades. she is considered one of the most influential news anchors ever. >> tough talk on iran from the president of france. it is where he made the comments that is raising eyebrows here. >> how one man has created a unique and cost effective way to teach kids computer coding. >> from these honored dead, we take increased devotion. >> 150 years after president abraham lincoln gave his famous gettysburg address, aljazeera investigates the divide between north and south. >> i'm john henry smith. is cam newton elite? he made his case against tom brady on monday night football. highlights coming up in sports. >> you're looking live at the financial district in new york. will today be bullishar bearish? stay tuned.

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>>, i'm del walters, these are our top stairs at this hour. rescuers digging through the wreckage in illinois, leveled by tornadoes. eight people were killed when the storms slammed the midwest sunday. hundreds of thousands are still without power. >> blocked roads are making it difficult to get aid to a quarter of the victims of typhoon haiyan, aid being directed from each foreign nation to a specific area to maximize efforts. >> explosions near the iranian embassy in bay rate damaged five buildings and killed many people. >> a three day trip to the middle east, more on the visit to israel in the west bank. >> a gesture of friendship, the french president laying a wreath

on the tomb of arafat, a symbol of respect for the palestinian state, and reminder that france was among the nations that supported the bid for statehood in the u.n. general assembly last year. he outlines a message he wants taken back to israel later in the day. >> the major threat to the peace process and that which might abort it is israel settlement activity in palestinian land. >> the french president made clear his belief that settlement activity trampled on poll tinian rights. he also said israel had the right to security guarantees. >> it's up to you to make peace. we can only hold you and support you and to tell you what hour for us are the principles, two states with two people living side by side in peace and

security. jerusalem with both states, recognize borders on the basis of those of 1967, yes, but with the possibility of land swaps, including an international mechanism for compensation. >> the lingering belief is that the negotiation process is very much on the sidelines of the visit, that on his return to israel, the french president will once again shift his protest to the question of iran. >> indeed, his address to the parliament, the french president again uttered the words that israel wants to hear. >> france won't allow iran to get hold of a nuclear weapon. we have nothing against iran, which has a real history. we have nothing against its people who deserve access to nuclear energy, but can't allow access to nuclear arms, because that's a threat to israel and the region. >> while the israeli prime

minister sat emotionless, he declared his view this settlements were not only a threat to negotiations, but also to israeli's security. >> insofar as concerns palestine, it has to be built on a solid base. it has to be viable, which is why settlement building must stop. at's the only way to a two-state solution. >> at the end of the speech, the uncomfortable moment appeared forgotten, and once again, france is fated as the western leader who stands up oh to iran. aljazeera, west jerusalem. >> now that bond between israel and france is not new. france has had a long history withdrawal. in the 1940's, france supported israeli joining the u.n. in the 1950's, france supplied israel with fighter jets. in 1957, france helped israeli build its nuclear power plant.

ambassador, during their meeting, netanyahu said israel sees in france a true friend on our people have a special relationship. who was he talking to and was he talking to the united states? >> he was, most certainly, del. he was basically talking to everyone who's negotiating with iran, but specifically and pointedly to president obama and secretary of state kerry. >> what does israel gain from this and what does france gain? >> israeli is trying to influence negotiations. the prime minister said repeatedly that you can endorse or reject his approach tomorrow, but he has been consistent that a bad deal is in the making and that no deal is probably better than a bad deal.

>> let me ask you this. what does israel want and is there anything that can come out of the negotiations that will please israel? >> that's a good question. i don't know. i genuinely -- >> that is the first time i have ever heard an ambassador say -- >> i'm former, i'm entitled to say i don't know. i really don't know. a deal that would curve the entire nuclear program, the military applications of the nuclear program, meaning put an end, including verification, a verification regime into any kind of uranium enrichment and increase the sanctions, not only not ease the sanctions, but in fact increase the sanctions, until that is verifiable, until that is verified on the ground by international inspectors. any deal that allows iran to enrich an x amount of uranium, to allow the century finals to keep working would be perceived by israeli, saudi, qatariis as a

problem. >> how will the recent bombings affect the on going talks in geneva. >> i think the iranians are going to portray themselves at victims here. it has to do more with syria than iran and israeli. the sunnis fighting hezbollah and the play ground happens to be beirut, the one that always pays the price for other people's wars and other people's businesses, but it has to do with the iranian pro assad approach in syria and their proxy, hezbollah in lebanon, all shiite muslims against al-qaeda, who are against the bashar al assad regime, they are all sunni

muslims. >> also stopping the settlements, that is likely to please the u.s. >> that's been a consistent american and european approach for a long time. the entire peace process, what is left of it is based on the two state model and the two stay model cannot be based on expanding settlements. according to the europeans, americans and according to many others. so for the president to come to the particlement and reiterate and emphasize that thing about that point about not only building new settlements, but curbing the expansion of those that exist in the absence of an agreement is nothing new. >> ambassador, there are children who have grown old in this country hearing talk about peace. >> i know. >> is there any reason for anybody listening right now to be optimistic about anything that may happen in geneva.

>> these are two separate -- yet they are linked in a way. optimistic. let's try and be realistic. based on the current modality of these negotiations, i see very little room to be optimistic. the maximum that this is really government can offer does not come close to the minimum that the palestinians willing to accept. they are fatigued from 20 years of negotiations. both sides, we are in a different conversation, a lengthier one, both sides seem to have a disincentive to negotiate and are only trying to please the americans. >> ambassador, among a very much. the former israel general consul in new york. thank you. >> there has been another rescue off the italian coast, the coast

guard saving 61 african reef series. tens of thousands have tried to reach italy in search of a better life. more than 300 drowned trying to make that very trip. >> new polio cases in syria are pushing neighboring countries to vaccinate children, turkey kicking off its campaign this week. refugees living there mostly are in champs, but many in residential areas, as well. the u.n. is trying to stop the spread of the disease. its goal is to vaccinate 2.5 million children in syria and more than 8 million others across that region. >> education secretary arnie duncan apologizing for remarks about student valuations, saying opposition to common core state standards was coming from "white suburban moms, who all of a sudden, their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they

were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were." monday, duncan addressing the controversy in a blog, saying: u.s. students are falling behind with it comes to stem education. u.s. ranking 24th in math and 17th in science. aljazeera shows how one teacher is trying to change all that. >> good afternoon. good afternoon, mr.robuck. >> this teacher is teaching computer code. he is president of a non-profit organization called elite, his mission, develop curriculum for public schools based on stem

education, science, technology, engineering and math. >> stem education is extremely powerful. >> what's the first step? i am trained as an engineer, taught to analyze, think critically and come up with solutions. >> stem education is expensive. the u.s. government has budgeted $3.1 billion for it. >> it really sounds like a lot of money, but in the grand scheme is less than 1% of the overall budget spent on education. >> enzi is a senior advisor for stem for the department of education. she said schools across the u.s. need entrepreneurs to teach stem. >> the private sector needs to help us think at the u.s. government level how we can better leverage pretty scarce resources. >> today, it's an exciting day, because we're going to be using the computers that i talked

about. >> he and his team in vented their own inexpensive laptops that he brings to schools that want to teach computer programming but might not have a computer lab. >> this is what we came up with. to design these backpacks, we used the raspberry pie, a $35 single board computer. we used this in combination with our motorola laptop to put together our own $100 lap tops so for the price of a mack book pro, an entire computer lab to teach. >> you insert the s.d. card into the bottom of the raspberry pie. >> he is finding ways to bring something as powerful at coding and computer science to a young age group. >> i was especially interested in the academy, because frederik douglas has a population that is often underrepresented in stem fields. the school is predominantly

african-american and hispanic. >> a new study found you that only 5% of black fourth grade students in the u.s. scored above the 75th percentile in math, a small slice compared to 70% of white student scores in the same percentile. >> how do you release the sugar? >> it's not just about sixth grade coders. row buck is teaching robotics and megatronnics to high school students. today their hacking pumpkins, tripping them out. >> he is using a pilot site for what he hopes will one day be a national program. >> we are focused on sharing our model as sort of more of an open source platform that school leaders are passionate teachers can adopt into their own classes

or crick come. >> there are a lot of things that you use today that you don't realize you use megatronnics, but they do. >> aljazeera. >> the program has refused praise and support. it won a google rise award for promoting computer science education. >> john henry smith takes a look at sports, a controversial finish to last night's game. >> when the nfl schedule came out, patriots versus panthers did not seem like a very competitive monday night matchup. it may have been been the best so far this season as it turns out. how about that great quarterback matchup, old school brady versus new school newton. the patriots had a gronk, bullies his way into the end zone. this game tied at 10. later, third quarter, newton has a tight end, too, by the way

from the u. touchdown, greg olsen. panthers led 17-10. holding on tight as he goes into the end zone. game tied, inside of two minutes to play. newton, 83-yard drive for the 25-yard t.d. toss. it puts caroline that up late. last play of the game, very controversial. tom braid into the end zone for gonekowski, ball picked off. there's a flag flown for interference. the refuse decided the pass was uncatchable and wave off the penalty against the panthers, figuring we need more mugs in the world. tom braid was not feeling the love and wasn't giving any to the refs as he walked off. >> i didn't really see the play.

we had plenty of chances. when you play good teams on the road, you have to play good for 60 minutes and we didn't. we played ok. shot ourselves in the foot too many times. >> before the dolphins bullying scandal, there was rutted injuries. seven months ago, they fired the basketball coach for verbally abusing and threatening his players. now it's same school, different sport. exrutgers football player says team defensive coordinator dave cohen used vulgar female insults toward him and threatened to head butt him. he said these actions led him to quit the team. his parents say they want the school to honor their son's scholarship and facilitate his transfer to another school to continue his football career. his former classmates don't believe there's a problem within the program. >> he handled it the way he felt necessary and left. after he left, i met with him. i told him i wish him the best

on wherever he does and he's a great kid, man, he's got a great heart. i wish him the best. >> do you believe he was bullied? >> no, not at all. >> there's nothing crazy going on behind the scenes. we're moving past this. we understand as a program that this doesn't happen. we don't have bullying in our program. we're not not basketball program, this is the football program. we don't do that. the coaches coach and the players play. that's it. there's obviously stern talking to, yelling, but no bullying aspect to anything going on here. >> to the nba, the brooklyn nets were supposed to be eastern conference contenders, instead contenders for the worst team. you want big names, brooklyn trots them out, joe johnson at the three, kevin garnett at the four. a 40-point net first quarter, only 2-18 the rest of the way. livingston running the point in the place of an injured deron williams. third quarter, he goes clockwise with the fancy scoop. he finished with 19 points,

first possession of the fourth quarter, thomas robinson will eventually score here, trust me on this one. their seventh win in a row. that's a look at your sports this morning. del, back to you. >> eventually was a good word. >> thank you. i paid attention in english class. >> complaints about glitches in the play station four. it is a hot seller, more than a million units sold within 24 hours. gamers are reporting mysterious blinking blue light on the console. sony said it could be caused by the power supply, hard drive or compatibility issues with your t.v. >> prolonged use of birth control pills could have women facing an eye disease. taking the pill for three years or more made them twice as likely to be diagnosed with glaucoma.

researchers recommend regular eye screenings and say women should consider family history or other vision problems. >> a tennessee minister has been found guilty by his church of finish 80ing a same sex marriage, performing his son's wedding six years ago in massachusetts. he could lose his credentials. he is due to hear his penalty this morning. >> obviously very saddened. what we're hoping for tomorrow is a life sentence. >> he could have avoided the church trial by agreeing never to perform same sex marriages again but reportedly said no. three of his four children are gay. >> it is one of the most famous speeches in history. on this day 150 years ago, president abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address. it was meant to heal a divided nation. aljazeera looks into whether that nation is still divided. >> and the government of the people. >> by the people. >> for the people.

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>> welcome back to aljazeera america. just ahead, a century and a half later, lincoln delivered the gettysburg address. we're going to look back at whether america is still a divided nation 150 years later. >> first let's take a look at any rain headed your way with nicole mitchell. >> after that major front cleared through, dryer skies, which is great for the recovery efforts in the ohio river valley. you can see where the front is, just chances for rain here. there's been moisture up in the northeast near canada, till posting a low pressure. we are going to see the next system actually bringing us our greatest chance, especially the northern rockies, we're going to be looking at snow, lower elevations, this is rain. there is wind, be careful, the driving with the snow and wind will be on the treacherous side. back to you. >> 150 years ago today, president abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address. the speech was meant to heal a

bitterly divided nation, wounds that some say still exist today. tom ackermann reports. >> one and a half centuries after the civil war, general lee still stands tall in richmond, once capitol of the confederate states of the south. lee was declared a traitor and stripped of his u.s. citizenship for the rest of his life. the confederate battle flags that still wave across the south, includedding mississippi where it's the official state flag, more reminders that this region has not wiped away the spirit of that time. >> do you still feel that rebel pride? >> i'm fraud, yeah, that's still there. there's still a lot of that southern pride and a lot of people in the south. >> at the battlefield 150 years ago, president abraham lincoln proclaimed that the blood shed there would bring forth a new birth of freedom, ending slavery in america. >> while the northern debt of

gettysburg lie buried there in a national some ryan, this is the final resting place for most of the 12,000 confederate soldiers who died in that battle. >> nearby at the american civil war center, visitors are presented with three alternate perspectives of what caused the war, the north's determination to preserve the union, the african americansuning for freedom, white southerners will to save their slave based plantation economy. >> it's not separated out, one exhibit over here just about the black experience in the civil war, just the confederate, it's interwoven together. >> the south has die hazard who insist ending slavery was not the real cause of the war. >> it's an imperial power that will go around the world to have its ideas enforced at the point of a bloody bayonet. that's what they did to the south. >> seven generations after the war that tore america apart, its

people are ve solved never to allow its rhett. >> a lot of americans have heard the gettysburg address, but most have never, ever read it. the speech is just 10 sentences long. it was delivered at the dedication of the soldiers national cemetery in gettysburg. it came four months after the union armies defeated the con cn fed razz there. some say lincoln's words still resonate today. >> four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought fort on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men. >> all men. >> all men. >> are created equal. >> now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that

nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. >> we are met on a great battlefield of that war. we've come to dedicated portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. >> it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. >> but in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot con as he create this ground. >> brave men living in dead who struggled here have con as he created it. >> for above our power to add or detract. >> the world little little note nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget. >> never target. >> that it can nerve forget what they did here. >> it is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work, which they thought here have thousand far

so nobly advantaged. >> it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. >> that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead have not died in gain. >> that this nation, under god shall have a new burst of freedom. >> and government of the people. >> by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. >> when lincoln finished the speech, he told those who were there on that day that he did not believe that he did a good job. he was wrong.

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